M9U1 Other countries, other culturesPeriod Ⅰ
Word study1
preference n 偏爱,优先,优先权have a preference for 偏爱…eg
Tom has a preference for Chinese novels
Tom 喜欢中国小说
Prefer v (preferred, preferred: preferring)a
prefer sth 喜欢"Do you like French
""Yes, but I prefer English
" "你喜欢法语吗
""喜欢,但是我更喜欢英语
" 注:prefer 是"比较喜欢,更喜欢"的意思,即 like better,因此就不能再与 better, more 等比较级词语连用
prefer to do sth
They prefer to spend the rest of the morning wandering in the streets
他们比较喜欢把早上剩下的时间都用来在街上闲逛
prefer doing sth
So you prefer speaking without referring to your notes
这么说,你更喜欢不看稿子做报告了
注: 这种 prefer 后面接动名词的结构,用来谈论一般情况下"更喜欢某种活动",而在一个特定场合下表示"特别喜欢"时,得用上述 prefer 后接动词不定式结构
prefer sb
to do sth
I prefer you to spare some time to come to our art exhibition next week
我宁愿你们下星期抽出点时间来看看我们的美展
prefer A to B 与 B